A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 20, 2021
![Aquarist Volmer Salvador swims inside a tank at the AquaRio aquarium dressed in a Santa Claus costume during the Christmas season in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fb679c35-98e2-4376-9deb-c3ba5a343ed2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Aquarist Volmer Salvador swims inside a tank at the AquaRio aquarium dressed in a Santa Claus costume during the Christmas season in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
![Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric waves to supporters as he arrives to La Moneda presidential palace for a meeting with current President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, Chile.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b1d241fc-62ca-4fb2-8a82-284519115104_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric waves to supporters as he arrives to La Moneda presidential palace for a meeting with current President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, Chile.
![A man pushes the remains of his relative away from the morgue to take home in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.](https://gdb.voanews.com/520f2888-4155-41aa-8858-86754fc9ae81_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man pushes the remains of his relative away from the morgue to take home in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
![Norway's Leif Kristian Nestvold Haugen stands prior to the start of the alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom race in Alta Badia, Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e13cc137-56c0-4a96-8b91-a8d88d77a453_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Norway's Leif Kristian Nestvold Haugen stands prior to the start of the alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom race in Alta Badia, Italy.